Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 353 › Conversation 353-008
Nixon & Sanchez on Presidential staff and personal services
Thursday, August 3, 1972 · 12:20 PM–12:37 PM ET · Old Executive Office Building · 13 sec
AI Summary
President Richard M. Nixon met with his valet, Manolo Sanchez, in the Old Executive Office Building to attend to personal matters. The brief encounter focused on administrative or private tasks associated with the President's personal staff. The meeting concluded after approximately seventeen minutes without any documented shift in policy or official administration business.
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NARA Description
On August 3, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 353-008 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding Aid
Conversation No. 353-8 Date: August 3, 1972 Time: Unknown between 12:20 pm and 12:37 pm Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Manolo Sanchez. ***************************************************************** BEGIN WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 [Personal returnable] [Duration: 15s ] END WITHDRAWN ITEM NO. 1 ***************************************************************** Sanchez left at 12:37 pm.
Also recorded on August 3, 1972
- 028-055 12:10 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull talked on the telephone from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
- 353-005 12:10 PM · 26 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Stephen B. Bull met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:10 pm to 12:11 pm.
- 028-056 12:11 PM · 10 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 12:11 pm and 12:12 pm.
- 353-006 12:11 PM · 8 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building from 12:11 pm to 12:12 pm.
- 028-057 12:12 PM · 11 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone from 12:12 pm to 12:20 pm.
- 353-007 12:12 PM · 3 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Charles W. Colson, Rose Mary Woods, and Manolo Sanchez met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 12:12 pm and 12:37 pm.
- 029-069 12:20 PM · 11 sec — the recording device engaged at an unknown time between 12:20 pm and 1:10 pm, but the conversation appears to be blank.
- 353-009 12:37 PM · 13 sec — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at 12:37 pm.
Cite this conversation
Conversation 353-008, August 3, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/353-008 (accessed October 1, 2026).